Manuscripts submitted to Lentera Sosial: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora must follow these guidelines and be prepared using the journal template. Manuscripts that do not follow the guidelines will be returned to the authors before review.

1. General Requirements

1. The manuscript is original, has not been published before, and is not under review in another journal.
2. The manuscript fits the journal's Focus and Scope.
3. The manuscript is written in good Indonesian or English.
4. The similarity index, checked with Turnitin, is no more than 20%.
5. The manuscript is submitted online through the journal's OJS. Submissions by email are not accepted.

2. Format

3. Structure of the Manuscript

1. Title: concise and informative, no more than 14 words.
2. Authors: full names without academic titles, followed by affiliation (study program, faculty, university, city, country) and the corresponding author's email. Author names and affiliations are removed from the file sent for review.
3. Abstract: one paragraph of 150–250 words in Indonesian and English, covering the purpose, method, main findings, conclusion, and novelty. No citations.
4. Keywords: 3–5 keywords in Indonesian and English, separated by semicolons.
5. Introduction: background supported by current data, review of previous studies, research gap, novelty, and the research objective in the last paragraph.
6. Method: approach and design, location and time, data sources or participants, data collection, and analysis, in enough detail for the study to be replicated.
7. Results and Discussion: findings presented systematically and discussed against theory and previous studies. Subheadings may be used.
8. Conclusion: one or two paragraphs that answer the research objective, including limitations and suggestions for further research.
9. Statements: Acknowledgements (optional), Funding Information, Author Contributions, Conflict of Interest, and Publication Ethics and Originality, placed before the references.
10. References.

4. Tables and Figures

• Tables are numbered with the title above the table, in the APA three-line style without vertical lines.
• Figures are centred, at least 300 dpi, numbered with the title below the figure.
• The source is written below each table or figure, and every table and figure is referred to in the text.

5. Citations and References

• Citations and references follow the APA 7th edition style and must be inserted with Mendeley (or another reference manager).
• At least 25 references, of which at least 80% are primary sources (journal articles) published in the last 10 years.
• Only works cited in the text are listed, in alphabetical order, with a DOI for every article that has one.

In-text: (Santoso, 2023); (Rahman & Lestari, 2022); (Wijaya et al., 2024); Hidayat (2021, p. 45)
Journal article: Rahman, A., & Lestari, D. (2022). Title of the article. Journal Name, 10(2), 115–130. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx
Book: Hidayat, R. (2021). Title of the book (2nd ed.). Publisher.

6. Research Ethics and Use of AI

• Research involving human participants must state that informed consent was obtained and, where applicable, include the ethical clearance number.
• Generative AI tools may not be listed as authors. Any use of AI in preparing the manuscript must be disclosed in the manuscript, and the authors remain fully responsible for its content. See the AI Policy.

7. Submission and Review

Manuscripts are reviewed through a double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers, as described in the Peer Review Process. Information on fees is available on the APC page.